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Climate Change and Uncertainty
If you read through the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports you’ll strike qualitative phrases such as'likely' and 'high confidence' to describe uncertainty. But is there a credible...
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Communicating risk (Pt 2) – fallacious arguments
In the first part of this post on Drew Warne Smith and James Madden’s article on climate change, The science is in on sea-level rise: 1.7 mm, I dealt with the factual basis of their argument. The...
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The consensus project
The consensus project: Yes there is one on climate change Despite what you may see in the media, yes there is an overwhelming consensus on climate change (it’s happening), what the cause is (our use of...
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Some good news…
Just received a text from my gas and electricity supplier. Good news! My gas and electricity bills will come down by about 4 and 8% respectively due to the repeal of the carbon tax in Australia. Of...
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Malcom Turnbull and the drug dealer’s defence
Meme’s, media and drug dealer’s In honour of our Prime Minister’s use of the drug dealer’s argument to justify (at least to himself) why it’s OK for Australia to continue to sell coal, when we know we...
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If this goes on…
The above info graphic courtesy of Jeff Masters Wunderblog blog says it all, 6 out of the 13 most destructive superstorms have occurred after 1998.Filed under: Climate risk, Risk Tagged: climate...
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Twisting the dragon’s tail
With the NSW Rural Fire Service fighting more than 50 fires across the state and the unprecedented hellish conditions set to deteriorate even further with the arrival of strong winds the question of...
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